The problem is not that TikTok users feel disappointed about the potential loss of an entertaining social platform; it is that many young people see a ban on TikTok as the end of, or at least a major disruption to, their social life.
Laura Oldfather
Laura Oldfather was an editorial intern with America Media in 2023. She studies Theology and Journalism at Fordham University.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
I can’t always fix institutional problems. But in the small ways I can help, I should.
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Laura Oldfather
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
We say the same prayer every morning at America magazine. Here’s what it means to the staff.
When is the first time you pray during the day? For me, if it’s not when I wake up in the morning, it is at the beginning of my workday, with all my coworkers.
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My summer of prayer and muffin-making
A Reflection for the Memorial of Sts. Joachim and Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by Laura Oldfather
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Review: ‘Barbie’ is a film by women, about women, for women.
Greta Gerwig has made a movie as layered and paradoxical as the reputation of Barbie itself.
Posted inArts & Culture, News Analysis
We live in an age of bad celebrity apologies. The bishops can learn from their mistakes.
We as audiences might not have the power to shape the actions of those we admire. But we do have the capacity to demand more from their attempts to address their shortcomings publicly.
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When St. Benedict watched over me
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Benedict, by Laura Oldfather
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Leprosy, in the Gospel and in our world today
A Reflection for Friday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time, by Laura Oldfather
Posted inInterviews, Politics & Society
What Jesuit Refugee Service wants you to know about World Refugee Day
Joan Rosenhauer, the executive director of Jesuit Refugee Service/USA, discusses J.R.S.’s mission of “accompanying, serving and advocating” for refugees and forcibly displaced peoples.